BlaB! AX

BlaB! AX is a free AJAX/PHP group chat system. Both the frontend and Admin CP are with responsive design, HTML5 and CSS3 compliant, support all modern browsers (incl. mobile browsers), HiDPI displays ready (no raster images). BlaB! AX is tiny - all that users load with their browsers is less than 200kB (60kB gzipped) in 5 HTTP requests (incl. sounds, emoticons and other images; stickers and avatars are loaded on request) and 95% of this content is cached for further use.

Requirements

Any Linux/Windows host incl. localhost, any shared hosting service with PHP5/7 and MySQL or MariaDB.

How to install

Download BlaB! AX at the bottom of this page and unzip the files in an empty folder e.g. /mychat

Upload the folder /mychat to your server with an FTP program and CHMODconfig.php to 666 and /attachments to 777.

Navigate with your browser to YOUR-URL.COM/mychat/ - the install will start automatically:

Rooms - separate chat spaces. Every chatter is connected to all the rooms and receives any message posted in any room with a visual notification and a different sound notification for messages posted in background rooms.